3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biennial \Bi*en"ni*al\, n.
1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years;
esp. a biennial examination.
2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Biennial \Bi*en"ni*al\, a. [L. biennalis and biennis, fr
biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf
{Annual}.]
1. Happening, or taking place once in two years; as a
biennial election.
2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as
plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and
produce fruit the second
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
biennial
adj 1: occurring every second year; "they met at biennial
conventions" [syn: {biyearly}]
2: (botany) having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a
biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial
plants often grown as annuals" [syn: {two-year}] [ant: {perennial},
{annual}]
n : a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons
from germination to death to complete; flowering
biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
more about biennial
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